Spanish-language flora of northwestern Mexico. It can be downloaded from the Internet

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Properties

Medicinal Rating

Habit

Perennial

Height

0.40 m

Pollinators

Insects

Cultivation Status

Wild

Cultivation Details

Porophyllum coloratum is native to the subtropical and tropical regions of Mexico

The aromatic oils, which are contained largely in the pores or glands that are especially plentiful on the leaves, produce a strong odour when the foliage is bruised, broken, or heated. Cures, real or fancied, that are attributed to various species of Porophyllum are probably largely due to either the soothing properties of the oils or the imagination by the patient that anything that is so odoriferous must be beneficial[